"Dancing is about connections … to our friends, to our families, to our neighbors. It is one of the most expressive ways we celebrate and communicate our cultures and communities. With Dancing Classrooms, we are able to reach children in existing classroom settings and address fundamental issues of mutual respect and self-esteem – issues that social dance puts into practice. We hope to inspire children through dance to do well, to respect one another, to be proud. This program is about more than dance, it is about teaching children to take a bow.” - Pierre Dulaine & Yvonne Marceau

YOU CAN HELP

We need your help to continue our educational and artistic programming. Commit to making the program accessible to as many children as possible. The revenue we earn directly from schools is enough to cover only half of the actual cost of the program.

Dancing Classrooms Northeast Ohio is made possible through the generosity of many individuals; we invite you to join us by making a contribution to our program, thus permitting more schools to participate and more children to experience Dancing Classrooms. Please consider partnering with us financially in this effort. Every dollar brings us one step closer to meeting our goals.

$3,000 "Adopt-a-Class" - Funds a full (twenty session) Dancing Classrooms residency to one classroom of students
$1,500 - 1/2 the cost of a residency & Dancing Classrooms Northeast Ohio's fundraising goal for each residency taught
$200 - Funds one "couple" for a full Dancing Classrooms residency
$100 - Funds one student for a full Dancing Classrooms residency
$50, $20, $10, $5 - it all adds up. No amount is too small

There are many projects available to support such as adopt-a-classroom, the training of our Teaching Artists, and our annual Colors of the Rainbow Team Match.

As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, your contributions are tax deductible to the full extent permitted by law.

SHARE YOUR TALENTS

Do you have an area of expertise you'd like to share with us in support of our mission? If you're looking to volunteer we can always use help in the areas of: Marketing, Fundraising, Special Events, Research, Journalism or Social Media. If interested, please contact us and lets get started!

SHARE YOUR TIME

Who do you know that might be interested in either receiving the benefits of Dancing Classrooms at their school or supporting the program financially? Share the mission of DCNEO with others thus providing more children with the program. Send your friends to our website, suggest they join our monthly newsletter, or introduce our organization to a school administrator so they can implement the program at their school. Then, stay in touch and keep the conversation going! Visit us on our online community and share your personal experiences.